Cultivator.



B. H. PHILLIPS.

CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION IILBD MAY18, 1911.

1,001,439. I Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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B. H. PHILLIPS.

GULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1911.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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Witnesses Attorneys ATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN H. PHILLIPS, OF KING CITY, MISSOURI.

CULTIVATOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed May 18, 1911. Serial No. 628,080.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BnnJAiuN ll. Pitui- Lirs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at King City, in the county of Gentry and State ofMissouri, have invented a new and useful Cultivator, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in cultivator-s, the primaryobject of wluch is the provision of a manually ope 'ated gardencultivator, having a wheeled axle and handles pivoted thereto, carryingeach adjustably mounted rotary disks, which may be adjusted to any angleor height to accomplish the desired cultivation, said disksbeingdisposed to straddle the row, or work between the rows.

A further object of this invention, is the provision of independentlyadjustable rotary cultivating disks, one disk being bodily carried byeach of the operating handles, and provided with means for angular orvertical adjustment, connected to the handle,

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinventlon.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a top plan view of the cultivator. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the two carryingwheels, which are rotatably mounted upon the axle 2, to which at 8, arepivoted the lower ends .4, of the two handles 5 and 5. Bracing thesehandles at their pivotal ends, are the respective braces 6, whose shortinturned ends 7, are also pivotally connected to the axle centrallythereof. By this means the handles 5 and 5, may be moved up and down, sothat their outer ends may assume different heights from the ground toaccommodate the implement to the use of short and tall persons.

Connected to each handle intermediate of their ends, are the eyedsupports 8, which have mounted therein, the cylindrical standards 9,each one of which is constructed similarly, and has the inturned lowerarm or end 10, carrying the limiting collar l1, between which and thelocking collar 12. is rotatably mounted the disk cut tivator 1:5. Bythis construction, the standard may be turned in any direction to bringthe disks parallel to each other or to assume any desired angle orangles with relation to each other, the brace rods 14-, being employedto brace these stz'mdards from the axle. The two collars A5, which areadjustably mounted upon each standard J, are adapted to provideadjustable means for connecting the standards to their respectivehandle, so that the handles may be raised or lowered for use by tall orshort operators. The two rods 23 connect the two standards 9, andconsequently the handles 5 and ."i' relatively to each other, but areloose enough to permit the handles to have a slight independent verticalmovement without all'ecting the other handles, thus providing meanswhereby the disks and handles may be indepcmlently raised and loweredoccasionally by the surface traversed, and also permit the operator tobear down with greater force with one hand than the other, to operatedeeper when desired. The independent pivoting ot' the handles and braces(i will also permit this action when so desired, the handles being,however held in approximately the same parallelism.

The upper ends 10 of the standards 9, are inwardly extending arms, andare connectcd by means of the rods 17, to their respective levers 18.These levers, as shown have the bracing member 19, so that: the bolt 20can connect the lovers 18 to the top and lower edges of the handles, andare placed in inwardly projecting operable position, so that theoperator, can readily grip the levers 1S, and manipulate the lockinglevers 21 carried thereby, to release them from the toothed racks 29, sothat the standards 5), may be turned at any desired angle, and be lockedin such adjustment.

It is evident from the foregoing that the disks 13 will roll the dirtgently around the growing plants, covering up small weeds, and at thesame time hill up the plants without covering them entirely and injuringthem by violently shocking them when the dirt is roughly thrown againstthem. It is also evident that the disks may be changed to operate atdifferent depths, and to throw more or less dirt as the plants stand,While on the move; and that the standards may be adjusted for raising orlowering the handles, thus making a most useful and convenient gardenimplement.

What is claimed, is

1. In a cultivator, an axle, Wheels carrying the same, two handlespivoted to the axle, a brace connecting each handle to the axleto holdthe handles in parallelism, a standard vertically adjustable androtatably mounted to each handle, a disk carried at the loWer end ofeach standard,

means engaging the standards for holding the handles spaced apart, ahand lever pivoted to each handle, means for locking the hand lever inadjusted posit-ion, and a rod connecting the upper end of the standardand hand lever of respective handles together.

2. In a cultivator, an axle, Wheels carrying the same, two handlespivoted to the axle and capable of independent adjustment and movementwith relation to each other, a standard having inwardly turnedterminals, a disk rotatably mounted upon 2 the lower terminal of eachstandard, a hand lever pivoted to each handle beyond the standard, meansfor rotatably securing each standard to its handle, and a rod'connectinga hand lever and the upper termi- 30 BENJAMIN H. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

JOHN TURNER, HATTIE M. PHILLIPS, B. G. Ross.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

